Illustratie voor 'Den Arbeid van Mars' van Allain Manesson Mallet 1672

This 1672 etching by Dutch artist Romeyn de Hooghe, titled "Illustratie voor 'Den Arbeid van Mars' van Allain Manesson Mallet" depicts a detailed view of the fortified city of Estremoz, Portugal. The image features a bird's-eye perspective of the city's intricate layout, with its fortified walls, surrounding landscape, and a distant view of the town itself. The work, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, exemplifies de Hooghe's meticulous attention to detail and his contribution to the genre of 17th-century military cartography.